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ions that have rocked the Arab world since early 2011 demon- 2015 conference of igu commission 9
strate that even long-standing political systems are not stable, be-
cause the peoples do not support them. The notion of kleptocracy,
which has appeared in this context, is ample proof of the division
between rulers and the ruled.
It is within this fluid environment of change, isolation, integration,
marginalisation and development that IGU commission C12.29 be-
lieves that continued academic attention should be focussed. Its fo-
cus is to view globalization and regional / local development as in-
terrelated processes, which does overlap with the defined niches of
other IGU commissions (e.g. Local Development; Sustainability of
Rural Systems, Global change and human mobility). Nevertheless,
IGU commission C12.29 sees its focal research questions as being:
• what are the consequences of globalization on people and plac-
es with special regard on areas and people outside the main-
stream and how can we critically evaluate them (being inter-
ested both in urban and rural marginalized people and areas
– including physically marginalized areas such as mountain en-
vironments),
• what are the local economic, social and developmental re-
sponses to marginalised situation of people or areas catalysed
by globalization,
• what are the characteristics of the relations between environ-
mental stress and change on one side and people’s actions on
the other in a globalized world-system, in terms of food pro-
duction, livelihoods and social well-being,
• what are direct and indirect links between marginality and glo-
bality relating to people and places, and
• how, in an increasingly interlinked world, regional and local
(marginal) cultures can survive and serve as models for the sur-
vival of humanity?
Within this context, four fields are of particular relevance:
• social change and response, associated with globalization and
political processes,
• economic change and response, associated with globalization
and political processes,
• environmental justice, and
strate that even long-standing political systems are not stable, be-
cause the peoples do not support them. The notion of kleptocracy,
which has appeared in this context, is ample proof of the division
between rulers and the ruled.
It is within this fluid environment of change, isolation, integration,
marginalisation and development that IGU commission C12.29 be-
lieves that continued academic attention should be focussed. Its fo-
cus is to view globalization and regional / local development as in-
terrelated processes, which does overlap with the defined niches of
other IGU commissions (e.g. Local Development; Sustainability of
Rural Systems, Global change and human mobility). Nevertheless,
IGU commission C12.29 sees its focal research questions as being:
• what are the consequences of globalization on people and plac-
es with special regard on areas and people outside the main-
stream and how can we critically evaluate them (being inter-
ested both in urban and rural marginalized people and areas
– including physically marginalized areas such as mountain en-
vironments),
• what are the local economic, social and developmental re-
sponses to marginalised situation of people or areas catalysed
by globalization,
• what are the characteristics of the relations between environ-
mental stress and change on one side and people’s actions on
the other in a globalized world-system, in terms of food pro-
duction, livelihoods and social well-being,
• what are direct and indirect links between marginality and glo-
bality relating to people and places, and
• how, in an increasingly interlinked world, regional and local
(marginal) cultures can survive and serve as models for the sur-
vival of humanity?
Within this context, four fields are of particular relevance:
• social change and response, associated with globalization and
political processes,
• economic change and response, associated with globalization
and political processes,
• environmental justice, and
